In a note released Friday Macquarie (USA) upgraded ANN, Inc. ANN from Neutral to Outperform and raised the price target to $53.
In describing the reasoning behind this upgrade Macqaurie analyst Liz Dunn provided a list Including:
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- ANN has persistently traded at a discount to our coverage universe.
- ANN just announced a strategic restructuring that is expected to save $25 million per year.
- We believe activist shareholders could encourage the company to take on debt to fund a sizable buyback, and ANN's steady free cash flow could support the addition of one turn of leverage.
- We also believe the company could be encouraged to pursue a sale to a strategic acquirer.
- Guidance for 1Q and FY14 are appropriately conservative.
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